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Comparison of Licorice Versus Sugar-water Gargle for Prevention of Postoperative Sore Throat and Postextubation Coughing

NCT01444703 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 236

Last updated 2016-07-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators propose to test the hypothesis that pre-operative gargling with licorice reduces the incidence of sore throat in rest after intubation with double-lumen endotracheal tubes compared to placebo after surgery through the first four post-extubation hours.

Conditions

  • Sore Throat

Interventions

OTHER

licorice solution

licorice (0.5 g)

OTHER

sugar solution

sugar (5 g).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Cleveland Clinic

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Daniel Sessler, MD · Outcomes Research Consortium, Cleveland Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-10-31
Primary Completion
2011-05-31
Completion
2011-06-30

Countries

  • Austria

Study Locations

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